We would like to inform you that on Wednesday, 7th July, Serbian actor Predrag Miki Manojlović was presented with the Aleksandar Lifka Award of the European Film Festival Palić, at the Open University in Subotica.

The presentation of the award, the Festival traditionally gives for outstanding contribution to European cinema, was held at 12 o'clock, and the award was presented by the Festival Director, Radoslav Zelenović.  
 
After the ceremony, Miki Manojlović participated in an informal conversation with reporters and the audience, and later he also visited the venues at which the European Film Festival Palić is held.

 

The Eco Dox section of the 17th European Film Festival Palić presents five documentary films about environmental issues selected by Igor M. Toholj.  
 
The Eco Dox programme presents the following films: Severn, the Voice of Our Children (Severn, La voix de nos enfants) by Jean-Paul Jaud, The Yes Men Fix the World by Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno and Kurt Engfehr, US So2 Serbia by Nebojša Pjević, The End of the Line by Rupert Murrey and Plastic Planet by Werner Boote.  

 

A press conference of the 17th European Film Festival Palić was held at the Museum of Yugoslav Film Archives on the 24th of June. The participants were Radoslav Zelenović, director of the Festival, Blažo Perović, director of the Open University in Subotica (executive producer of the Festival), Nikolaj Nikitin, selector of the Official Selection, Petar Mitrić, selector of the Parallels the Encounters and the Young Spirit of Europe, and Miroslav Mogorović, executive director of the Festival. They talked about the programme, guests and future objectives. 

 

The forthcoming 17th edition of the European Film Festival Palić will present a number of national cinematic achievements - from films by renowned directors like Želimir Žilnik and Srđan Karanović to representatives of the new filmmakers generation such as Dane Komljen. 

Films The Woman with a Broken Nose by Srđan Koljević and Besa by Srđan Karanović will be screened in the Official Selection of the Festival.

 
At the 17th European Film Festival Palić, the competition programme Parallels and Encounters will present 10 Eastern European feature films dealing with cultural, historical and social diversity of this part of the Old Continent.

Films from this section will compete for the Tolerance Award, established in 2006 and given by the International Critics’ Jury. Last year’s winner of the Award was the Bulgarian neo-noir film Zift, by a unanimous decision of the Jury.